Enlightenment+Test+Preparation+5th+Period

Welcome to the Practice Test for Ms. Shubert's Fifth Period Honors ELA class!!!

Read the directions in your mail first!!!

Post one question and the resources that are helpful in answering that question. Number it!!!

For example:

1. What were the main ideas of the Enlightenment?

2.Compare and contrast Paine and Locke’s ideas and thoughts concerning: a) Government b) God c)Rights and Freedoms Everything you need to know can be found in your notes and the Thomas Paine "Common Sense" reading

3.What were the philosophes ideas regarding the human mind? http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture9a.html

4. Explain the comparison Thomas Paine makes in //Common Sense//. [|Thomas Paine Common Sense]

5.Name as many virtues of Franklin’s as you can. The answer can be found at http://www.flamebright.com/PTPages/Benjamin.asp

6. What is humanitarianism, and how does it exemplify the views before and during the enlightenment? http://history-world.org/age_of_enlightenment.htm, you can also find information on the Enlightenment handout.

7. What was Franklin trying to achieve by following his 13 virtues?

8. If you were following in Ben Franklins shoes and filling out a virtue chart which of his virtues do you think you would do the best with and which do you think you would need to work on?

9. What were the ideas of nature, religion, and ancient civilizations during the Enlightenment?

10. What was the prevalent form of Literature in the 18TH century? Why was this particular form of literature prevalent? The Enlightenment or Age of Reason Reading, given to us by Ms. Shubert.

11. According to Thomas Paine in //Common Sense// society is produced by wants. What does Paine use to support his idea, how is evident in the government as well? http://www.ushistory.org/paine/commonsense/sense2.htm

12. What major changes did Europe go through economically during The Enlightenment?

13. How was America’s Declaration of Independence a product of the enlightenment age? Use examples to support your answer.

14. Why were the articles of confederation replaced?

15. John Locke originally wrote that the natural rights of all humans were “Life, Liberty, and Property.” When writing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson changed this to “Life Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Why did he change Locke’s writing and what Enlightenment ideas led Jefferson to do so? Use the Declaration of Independence (read in class) to support your answer.

16. How have enlightenment virtues preached by John Locke affected the writings of other Enlightenment thinkers in early America?

17. How did the enlightenment effect the Declaration of Independence?

18. What ideas from the Articles of Confederation were expressed in the Declaration of Independence? What are some of the ideas that were changed, or not used at all? [[http://www.usconstitution.net/articles.html and the "Delcaration of Independence" in the literature book